Hey all,

I brought my Sonata in today for service and the advisor said there is a sunvisor recall for 06-07 Sonatas (#T64). He has the kit on order and will replace under warranty. Just FYI - I know people here have mentioned this in the past, but now it seems to be officially covered. Is this old news?

Recall Reason EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
Recall Date JUN 26, 2006
Model Affected SONATA
Potential Units Affected 43301


Recall Summary
ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, THE AIR BAG WARNING LABEL INSTALLED ON THE SUNVISORS HAD LOST ADHESION TO THE SUNVISORS AND HAD DISTORTED OR SEPARATED FROM THE SUN VISORS.


Consequence
IF THE LABELS ARE DISTORTED OR MISSING, THE DRIVER OR FRONT SEAT PASSENGER WILL NOT HAVE INFORMATION AVAILABLE THAT MAY HELP PROTECT THEM IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH.


Remedy
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE SUNVISOR ASSEMBLIES FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 2, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT HYUNDAI AT 1-800-633-5151.


Notes
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 076

Sorry Miami, but that's not the right one.

This new Campaign, T64, address the droopy sunvisors in the 06 and 07 Sonatas. I think they are waaaaay late in doing this, though, being as many of them have already been replaced one at a time.

Here is the campaign the original poster is referring to.

It's ironic that this was posted. One of our Hyundai sales managers was in an accident a few weeks ago. Her 06 Sonata came over from the bodyshop today to be cleaned and the sunvisor was drooping in my way and it was annoying me. I thought it was because of the accident, guess not.

We need you Bean to help us out with TSB's. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/innocent.gif) I had not seen that, however I have been warning

users about the Visor since 2006. It can break in a variety of ways. Same part used since 1986!

I did find this interesting though...

IMPORTANT: CAMPAIGN APPLIES TO VEHICLES LOCATED IN THE WESTERN,
PC, AND SOUTHERN REGIONS ONLY. THIS WOULD INCLUDE
THE STATES AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, HI, KS, LA, MS, NC, NM,
NV, OK, OR, SC, TN, TX UT, AND WA.

Yeah I thought this was new - a took my car in about 1-2 months ago and they checked for TSBs but nothing came up. Haven't experienced the issue myself but happy to avoid it in the future.

I finally gave in and replaced mine (driver only) about three weeks ago at a cost of $80 (I'm out of warranty).

This is a TSB, not a recall, so I doubt I'd have gotten it for free anyway.

No, it IS a recall. Anything that Hyundai calls "Campaign" is a recall. TSBs simply get numbers, such a 01-09-006 or something similar. Recalls can still be performed for the life of the car, regardless of mileage.

Hey I have a question? Why is this Recall only being done in 20 of our 54 States (IMG:style_emoticons/default/innocent.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumbsup.gif)

To tell you the honest truth... I really have no idea. Not even the faintest clue.

EDIT: HAHAHA 54 states, I just caught that....

This post has been edited by LilBean: Jan 3 2009, 01:11 PM

Thanks! I'll be here all Week!

That recall has been out for some time now back when i took my car in for the air bags my service guy said he needed the car for a extra couple hours to do the visors

My driver's side vanity mirror cracked due to mysterious reasons. I never use it but its strange that it cracked.

Thanks for clarifying that for me, LilBean. I wonder now if I could get a refund from the dealer for the part and charge them $80/hr for labor since I did the work myself. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/whistling.gif)



I've never had the MIRROR crack, but the arm on my visor did crack (just like it shows on the TSB/Recall/Campaign notice). I rarely used the visor, but it still kept sagging lower and lower. I finally gave it an $80 Viagra...I mean sunvisor replacement...and it's not limp anymore. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grin.gif)

miamilx reminded me...has anyone come up with a way to remove the stickers from the visors? they are reallllly ugly.

My dealer here in Colorado offered to do it, even brought it up himself as I had not heard, but it was just done under warranty about 2 months ago so he left it on my record in case the replacements droop down the road. I would be surprised if it was limited to just 24 states. A "recall" is usually done if there is a safety concern... and I'm sure cars in all 50 states would have the same safety concern if the visor drops down into your field of view and causes an accident... now THAT would be a liability and I'm sure that was the reason (tho late) that this recall was done.

This post has been edited by ElkScout: Jan 5 2009, 02:47 PM

no visor here in Canuck that I'm aware of either ...

what's the joke with the 54 states thing ? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/o_75.gif)

It's a "south" american thing babs....you wouldn't get it. Not sure I do either now that I think about it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/whistling.gif) Must be a Miami thing.

Wasn't the recall for peeling airbag stickers and not drooping visors? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/innocent.gif)

This post has been edited by craigbrooks: Jan 5 2009, 10:18 PM

Recently our new President visited all 57 States. We only have 50 here (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumbsup.gif)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGH02DtIws

This post has been edited by MiamiLX: Jan 6 2009, 12:00 AM

hmm - or maybe he knows something you don't .. perhaps you guys are shortly declaring 7 new states to be American - LOL. Don't take us - we having nothing worthy .. you guys don't use oil do you ?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/whistling.gif)